Ostrovsky A.M. 2021. Podalonia affinis (W. Kirby, 1798) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae), a new host species of the strepsipteran Paraxenos sphecidarum (Dufour, 1837) in Belarus // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.20. No.1: 55–56 [in English].
Gomel State Medical University, Lange Str. 5, Gomel 246000 Belarus. E-mail: Arti301989@mail.ru
doi: 10.15298/euroasentj.20.1.09
ABSTRACT. The solitary wasp Podalonia affinis (W. Kirby, 1798) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae), collected between the dacha settlement “Glushets” and the Mikhal’ki village in September 2019, is newly recorded from Homyel Voblasts of Belarus as a host-species for the strepsipteran Paraxenos sphecidarum (Dufour, 1837).
KEY WORDS: Podalonia affinis, Paraxenos sphecidarum, new host, Belarus.